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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: amadi ugo <amadiugo001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:50:27 +0200
Subject: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION


Hope all is well with you and Your family?, you may not understand why this
mail came to you. In regards to the recent meeting between the United
Nations and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and
Economy of the Nations,Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance
to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of
abolishing poverty. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months
which ended 2 days ago.
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and
Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the
current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to
Foreigners and Compensate all that have lost their hard earned money to the
Lome Togo Fraudsters.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the
world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of
US$70,500,000 ( seventy Million Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars)
This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
international businesses that failed due to Government problems,Contracts
Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by
our Monitoring Teams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are
contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Pastor Amadi Ugo, as he is our representative in
Lome Togo contact him immediately for your Fund worth the total sum of
US$70,500,000 ( Seventy Million Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars)
This funds is avalible for payment ok? You need to send down your
information below so that we commence
1. Full name:
2. Phone and Fax number:
3. Your age and current occupation :

Person to Contact: Pastor Amadi Ugo (contact agent)

Email: amadiugo2011@yahoo.com

Thanks for adhering to this instructions and once again accept our
congratulations.
Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary(UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/

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